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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MARK</span>
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CHAPTER 3
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Jesus heals on the Sabbath day—He chooses and ordains the Twelve Apostles—He asks: Can Satan cast out Satan?—Jesus speaks of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and identifies those who believe as his family.
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And</span> he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
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And they <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/2a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR watched carefully, maliciously.">watched</a> him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
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And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
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And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sabbath.">sabbath</a> days, or to do evil?  to save life, or to kill?  But they <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/4b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR remained silent.">held</a> their peace.
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And when he had looked round about on them with <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Indignation of.">anger</a>, being grieved for the <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/5b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR insensibility, dullness; TG Cruelty.">hardness</a> of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.  And he stretched <i>it</i> out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
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And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Counsel.">counsel</a> with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
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But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
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And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and <i>from</i> beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
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And he spake to his disciples, that a small <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/9a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR boat.">ship</a> should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
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For he had healed many; insomuch that they <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/10a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR impetuously rushed at him.">pressed</a> upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Evil or Unclean.">unclean</a> spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
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And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
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And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth <i>unto him</i> whom he <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/13a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR desired.">would</a>: and they came unto him.
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And he <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostles; TG Jesus Christ, Authority of; TG Priesthood, Authority; TG Priesthood, History of; TG Priesthood, Ordination.">ordained</a> twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Missionary Work.">preach</a>,
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And to have <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/15a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR authority; TG Priesthood; TG Priesthood, Power of.">power</a> to heal <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sickness.">sicknesses</a>, and to cast out <sup>c</sup><a href="mark/3/15c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Devil.">devils</a>:
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And Simon he surnamed Peter;
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And James the <i>son</i> of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 9: 54.">thunder</a>:
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And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the <i>son</i> of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
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And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/19a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR went home.">went</a> into an house.
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And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 6: 31 (30-36).">eat</a> bread.
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And when his friends heard <i>of it,</i> they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR out of his senses.">beside</a> himself.
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&#182; And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
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And he called them <i>unto him,</i> and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
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No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/28a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Mark 3: 21-25 (Appendix).">Verily</a> I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/28b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR however so many.">wherewith</a> soever they shall blaspheme:
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But he that shall <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Unpardonable Sin against.">blaspheme</a> against the Holy Ghost hath never <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/29b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">forgiveness</a>, but is in danger of <sup>c</sup><a href="mark/3/29c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Damnation; TG Eternity; TG Punishment.">eternal</a> damnation:
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Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
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&#182; There came then his <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Family of.">brethren</a> and his mother, and, standing <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/3/31b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR outside.">without</a>, sent unto him, calling him.
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And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
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And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
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And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
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For whosoever shall do the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/3/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 12: 50.">will</a> of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
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